Police Suspect Army Staff Sgt. Shot Teen, Turned Gun On Himself

GERMANTOWN, Md. (WUSA9) -- Montgomery County Police are investigating a murder-suicide after finding the bodies of a teen female andman in a Germantownapartment.

Thirty-one-year-old Adam Anthony Arndt and 17-year-old Michelle Lynne Miller were found after police received a call at around 8:49 a.m. for a residentin the12900 block of Pinnacle Drive. When officers did not get an answer at the door they entered the apartment and found the bodies and a firearm, police said.

Police were looking for the 17-year-old because she had been reported missing on Monday morning. Miller was a 12th grade student at Rockville High School, police said.

"Further investigation revealed that Arndt and Miller knew each other due to Arndt's assignment as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army and Miller's plans to enlist in the U.S. Army Reserve following her graduation from high school," Montgomery County Police said in a press release.

Police are still investigating this case but believeArndt shot Miller.

The Army says Arndt was a 9-year veteran who had served overseas in Korea, Germany and Turkey, reports the Associated Press. AP reports Arndt was a native of Manitowoc, Wisc. who was deployed to Turkey from September 2009 to September 2010. According to the Associated Press, Arnt was detailed to a recruiting office in Columbia since January 2011 and his duties included visiting schools.